At some point, people will recognize. Then again, the fact of the matter is some people never will. The story of J. Cole is an intriguing one. Since most who visit this site are adept at the workings of the internet, I’ll spare the details. Who knows where this track came from, but imagining it doesn’t make the final cut for his debut project seems asinine. Or at least maybe it was supposed to.

If this is considered a “throwaway” track, then Cole must have gold worthy of Fort Knox status stored away in those Dreamville offices. Jermaine appears to be at his best when he’s able to reflect on the process it took to get him on fame’s doorstep. That’s exactly what “Premeditated Murder” encompasses. The pride and joy of the first state in flight appears in rare form on this somber record with his normal amount of quotables and the level of introspectiveness which has become a staple of his style.

“I’m on this sh*t as if I was the fly
Some touchin’ skies, no puffin’ la
Man these songs that I made in my bedroom and sh*t
Gon’ finally get a n*gga leg room in the whip
From a Civic to a 7, musta died and went to heaven
Like a passenger on 9-11, please go find a reverend
You see, I promised that I’d never change
But that was way before I made the dough and met the game…”

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“If this is considered a “throwaway” track, then Cole must have gold worthy of Fort Knox status stored away in those Dreamville offices.”
^^^
This.

07.16.10 at 7:35 pm

Louis LaFlare

COLE. WORLD.

07.16.10 at 7:38 pm

Terrail follow me on twitter @flysamurai

You guy always put the good stuff up as ass as I leave. If it wasn’t for twitter I probably would have missed this. New rappers need to stop singing their hooks.

07.16.10 at 7:40 pm

Sir Run Run Paw

“Just rap from the heart and you’ll have a good start” (Quote:KRS ONE)

Sounds like J Cole took the aforementioned pearl of wisdom and put into action with this track. The lyrics are deep.

07.16.10 at 7:59 pm

Blue

“New rappers need to stop singing their hooks.”
^^^
It worked for J. Cole…Well this song anyway. He managed to pull it off without sounding obnoxious.

07.16.10 at 8:04 pm

v155

Anything truth to Jermaine posting on Canibus’s website ever??

07.16.10 at 8:10 pm

Amp

Cole needs to keep his head down and continue creating joints like this one.

Real rap is back.

07.16.10 at 8:24 pm

TC

Eh

07.16.10 at 8:26 pm

petey wheatstraw

Eh

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well said.

i agree.

07.16.10 at 8:32 pm

BukDiah

I’m not aboard the J.Cole hype train yet. I heard a lot of kids on campus praising the man and shit, but he just doesn’t interest me for some reason. I’ll give him a listen when he drops an album or peruse some mixtapes

07.16.10 at 9:00 pm

Terrail follow me on twitter @flysamurai

It’s wierd how I live in North Carolina and never heard of him before a year ago when my brother called me form Texas and told me he met him and Hov at a radio station.

07.16.10 at 9:02 pm

Amp

Premeditated Murder may not be “it”, but its still a dope song, all things considered, and its still a part of the process of finding “it”. Dude’s a talent and everything up to this point has been about Cole defining himself as an artist. For some reason this kid gets a lot of harsh criticism, perhaps due to his Jigga affiliation, but I view this leaked song as a glimpse at his progression and nothing more.

07.16.10 at 9:17 pm

thecool11o3

for some strange reason, i recogonize ‘pac in his voice & flow.

i can tell he listened to him alooooooooot.

07.16.10 at 9:27 pm

jaycee

i thought it was pharrell singing at some points LOL

07.16.10 at 9:41 pm

woodywood

cole is nice no doubt but I’m not sold yet. Crazy with the punchlines but I just don’t know. there’s a boatload of MC’s with ill punchlines and he’s not close to being near the top of that even. Without a doubt being that I’m a NC kat myself I dig his hustle. I remember back when Skyzoo dropped “The Salvation” and folks were saying how he didn’t show enough “expression”. The difference is Sky’s pen game is super crazy. Cole hits you with the uh’s and oh’s but kats like Sky make you ponder. I guess it’s all in what you like.

07.16.10 at 9:48 pm

Gotty™

bullshit singing aside, he murked that shit.

07.16.10 at 9:57 pm

Friday

nice raps yo

07.16.10 at 11:21 pm

ignite mindz

yeah he kinda got his drake on at the end but whatever hes dope. My man was tryin to say he’s the best in NC ever but… Phonte, Supastition and a lot of these local cats in Raleigh got him. But, that dont mean J Cole isnt incredible, we just got a lot of dope MCs in this state. Did he make the beat?

07.16.10 at 11:40 pm

veego

Cole has an upside. He has the ability and word play are truly great, but alot of his tracks sound similar. That what was nice about “Who Dat” it wasn’t a typical Cole track, it was more street/aggressive. He has his sound, but to get to the next level he is gonna need to find a specific feeling through his music. He is hip hop thru-&-thru, his prodction is built for it, but it is not built for top of the charts or a track with Trey Songz. I hope for the best, and I will bump the shit out of it (just like I did both mixtapes), I just don’t think with the stuff he is putting out he will be a superstar.

07.16.10 at 11:59 pm

OED aka Eye Señor Tetas

can’t front on this at all.

07.17.10 at 12:14 am

Simply Creed Thoughts

@v155

Yeah, he went by The Therapist. He actually had a beef with some dude who also used to post their. lol. One of his diss tracks are on youtube. He was 15, and he was still raw.

Oh, and this song is getting mad spins from me. And I love the singing. Reminds me of Pac a little.

07.17.10 at 12:20 am

D-Treal

Gotty™ says:
July 16, ’10 at 9:48 pm

bullshit singing aside, he murked that shit.
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I agree man what the fuck is the deal with this singing shit
verses on point though

07.17.10 at 1:23 am

Smooth Da Hustler

Tight!! But what ever happened to the third verse these days? Lazy ass MC’s!

07.17.10 at 1:24 am

byrdman84

whats with ppl having a problem with rappers singing now a days

i know yall remember Bone thugs and Harmony

this song is fire btw…

07.17.10 at 6:45 am

greums the greatest unknown soccer player ever !

Jay Cole

07.17.10 at 7:57 am

Brian

J.cole alwayz brings fire fingerfuck whoever hatin

07.17.10 at 8:03 am

andriulli

anyone who commented on the singing is one of those idiots that doesn’t remember shit from a few months ago.

this nigga sang on warm up plenty of times.

‘show me something’

07.17.10 at 9:18 am

pacman24

this shit is hard, J Cole has been delivering for a while now i kno this album will be fire

07.17.10 at 10:03 am

Ryan J.

The fact that he dropped a Shakespeare reference in this song makes it “Fort Knox Gold” status.

07.17.10 at 4:01 pm

bruno

j.cole>>>>>>drake

07.17.10 at 5:25 pm

Dirk DiggahoE

i was checkin for dude but not hype…til i saw him live, since then ive been a fan & supporter. dude is nice with it (II)

07.17.10 at 9:54 pm

Guapo

‘I’m my own worst enemy so either way I can’t lose’

Disgusting.

07.17.10 at 10:42 pm

Jose

Dude looks like Jay-Z and Al B. Sure had a baby.

07.17.10 at 10:53 pm

J-hunt da Prodigy

This nigga referenced Othello, ftw, J. Cole is one of the best young cats doing it right now, I don’t know if he ever will commercially, but musically, several years, from now, I bet he could be at Hov’s level. I hope to god this is a throwaway, because this album finna be a 2010 Illmatic, or some sh*t like that

07.18.10 at 4:53 am

CohibaCarpenter

I would like to start by saying, if J. Cole continues to spit these real/genuine/dope lyrics he can very well become one of my favorite rappers. That may not mean much to him or it may, but it holds weight in my mind. Music heads just don’t let anybody be in there top 5. Premeditated Murder is not only a hell of a song, it is also a vision of what his album will be like. I apologize for the late comment, but I was too busy bumping the song. -Cohiba

07.18.10 at 3:52 pm

Bubblin Dublin

absolutely lovin everything j puts out and i can relate to that 2Pac comment above he’s definitly heavily influenced by him. on another note anyone else a little dissapointed by pilot talk? oh and nas and damian marley rocked ireland last night check the link

07.19.10 at 10:17 am

ginobli

MAN ITS A COLE WORLD MANE LOL THIS DUDE IS ONE THE NEW CLASS MC THAT IM CHECKING FLOW AND LYRICS ARE ON POINT MAN DUDE MAKE NICE MUSIC ITS REFRESHING TO HEAR A NEW POINT OF VIEW FROM MUSIC

07.19.10 at 5:19 pm

Leapin_Lizards

2nd verse goes somewhere…first bit…notsomuch

07.30.10 at 7:21 pm

unabomber

1st verse: these songs that i made in my bedroom n shit, gon finally get a nigga some leg room in the whip. how can you not dig that?

07.31.10 at 12:22 am

hakz75

bandwagon bullshit

08.01.10 at 9:11 pm

unabomber

@Hakz75 yea your prolly into that drake huh? LOL

08.03.10 at 4:08 pm

Noelle

^^Exactly lol
bandwagon?? GTFOH.
COLE WORLD.

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